History Classes (11-28-05)

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Dewey has stacks of tupperware, all containing various bits of Thanksgiving leftovers. One might suspect they come from multiple dinners. One might further suspect that Dewey had not been invited to all of those dinners. He is snacking on jellied cranberry sauce directly from the can.

Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran)

"Martin Luther, man. Nailed a sign to a door and now there's all this religious hoopla about who's got the biggest piece of the pecan piety. What's up with that?"

East Asian History

"Um, I think I've run out of badass Japanese warriors. Um..." He drums his fingers on the desk. "Korea, man. Um, are they like the little runty cousin of China that never got the cool toys or what?"

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Re: Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran)

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Alanna blinked. "Well, can one person really change religion without an underlying cause? 'Cause relegion is old, it takes milenia to build up. Things don't just change in one day."

Re: Introduction to World History to 1600 (Terran)

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"But it didn't just change in one day. And Luther was a prolific writer, which worked in his favor. As was the printing press, which was able to to send copies of his materials all across Germany.

He would also train preachers and missionaries at the University of Wittenberg to go and spread the word, so although he was the one behind all the ideas, he wasn't the only one changing it."